are the children being used as pawns against could you say yes or no to that? the children are not being used as a pawn. we re trying to protect the children. how is this not specifically child abuse, these innocent children who are being separated from their parents? i want to be clear on a couple other things, the vast majority, vast majority of children who are in the care of hhs right now, 10,000 of the 12,000 were sent here alone by their parents. that s when they were separated. according to baker and glass, are behind the scenes, secretary nielsen was ready to pack her bags and resign over that policy, which she opposed. one trump immigration advisor stephen miller first began floating in 2017. bigger and glass are right, once the public began sounding the alarm, quote, suddenly, trump officials who had pushed to take away children where denying that was their intent. attorney general jeff sessions who had privately told prosecutors weeks earlier that we
good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you to all of us joining us at this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. that appears to be exactly where we are right now in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of times that he has failed to win the speakers gavel up to 11. that s the most failed elections for speaker and any congress and over 100 years. surpassing the nine attempts it took to elect a speaker all the way back in the year 1923. throughout those failed votes, kevin mccarthy hasn t picked up one sin
states. what is a governor supposed to do? they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. make sure that no one s homeless, no one s hungry, and make sure that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. hurricane fiona, this massive storm, might drop 30 inches of rain on puerto rico before it moves on. and already, we are seeing scenes like this on your screen. flooded rivers tearing away bridges and making matters worse, no power. the island s entire electric grid is offline. it failed and plunged 3 million americans into darkness, hours before fiona made landfall. and puerto rico s main energy supplier says power will most likely be out for days. fema s assistant administrator for response and recovery told me just a short time ago, that more than 300 fema responders were already on the ground before the storm hit. let s bring in cnn meteorologist karen maginnis, monitoring fi
dramatic new video just in, showing the deadly ambush on connecticut police officers. new tonight, a cofounder of donald trump s new media company says it violated securities laws. did the former president try to strong arm an executive to turn over shares to his wife, melania? overseas, russian soldiers under attack, at least 11 new recruits shot to death at a training facility. plus, we re in kyiv where civilians are training for war and preparing for a possible nuclear attack. the fatal fire erupting in iran s most notorious prison, where anti-government protesters and at least two americans are being held. what we re learning about possible victims and who started it. with the midterms weeks away, former president barack obama plans to campaign in key races. how georgia and pennsylvania could determine which party controls the senate. and united against breast cancer. marches coast to coast. we meet a survivor who is now dedicating her life to helping patients.
santos. republican leaders refused to no matter how many times he s bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nation s highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usually do. overnight, every tom dick and harry had suggestions for who obama should name as a replacement. republicans got in on the action as well. even conservative republicans like the then long serving of utah. he proclaimed he had found the perfect candidate, a, quote, consensus nominee, a small seat conservative, a jurist who would bipartisan support. quote, no question. the man was merrick garland. yes, merrick garland. the same merrick garland who, a few years later, in 2016, would be catapulte